Mission: Mom Plaque

Affiliated Agent S in the lovely state of Kansas is responsible for one of today's missions:

Location: Shawnee, Kansas. West Flanders Park. Bench.

Date: Saturday, 15 August 2009

Time: 11:08 a.m.

Affiliated Agent S states: "As I arrived on the scene, I saw only a handful of people walking around the park. As I continued walking up to the park, I zeroed in on the exact location to operate my mission – the playground area.

"BUT, there was a young teenage boy on one of the swings in the area. I decided to play it cool and took an indirect route to the playground area, via the rose garden.

"As I approached the rose garden, said teenage boy hopped on his bike and left the playground area. I knew this was my chance! I quickly made my way over to the empty bench next to the swings and made my drop.

Attached to the plaque I left was of course Secret Agent L’s business card and a note that read: 'Please take me! Seriously. Give to a mom or keep for yourself.' After making my drop, I swiftly moved to my car to make my get-away and as I did, I saw a young father with his toddler son making their way over to the playground area."

Secret Agent L is truly proud of this gesture of kindness. And what a wonderful way to honor mothers! Well done, Affiliated Agent S!

Mission: Whoppers and Lotion

Today's mission post is courtesy of Affiliated Agent D in Oregon.

Location: Corvallis, Oregon. Burger King. Women's restroom.

Date: Wednesday, 12 August 2009

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Affiliated Agent D states: "This is my first mission, so I tried to keep it simple. I left a small bottle of peach scented hand lotion in the women's restroom of a Burger King in Corvallis, Oregon at 2pm on August 12. I had to hurry with the photo so as not to be caught."

Secret Agent L especially likes the hole-punched hearts on the business card. What a sweet addition to an already lovely gesture of kindness. Well done, Affiliated Agent D. And thank you for your kindness.

Stay tuned for tomorrow's mission posts: 1) a kind gesture in Kansas to make a mother smile, and 2) Music Monday!

(Secret Agent L continues to try to heal and thanks you all for your emails, thoughts, and prayers.)

Mission: California Gift Card-in'

To continue with my healing, I will be posting the lovely missions that my outstanding Affiliated Agents have been completing all over the country. Today's posting is courtesy of Affiliated Agent M (and her two darling girls) in California.

Location: Manhattan Beach, California. Pier.

Date: Thursday, 13 August 2009

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Affiliated Agent M reports: "We sat down at the first bench and pretended to be non-chalant (something very hard for two little girls). We then decided at once to get up and begin walking. Not looking back, as it would completely foil the ruse. (Again, not easy for two little girls.) Once we got to the end of the pier we were able to look back and see that two women had sat down, one on crutches with a cast ( I know, we couldn't have written this better). They found the envelope with the gift card and note enclosed. Hooray! Mission Accomplished. We ran into the aquarium to check out the fish."

Secret Agent L commends Affiliated Agent M and her team for their kind gesture. Job well done!

To Help Heal

I was thinking that maybe posting something would help me feel a little bit of peace and healing during this difficult time, but I didn't feel up to doing a mission on my own yet. Luckily, an Affiliated Agent in NYC (Agent A) went out this past weekend and completed a Quadruple Mission (!) and sent me the specifics this afternoon. Thus, I present to you the mission of Affiliated Agent A in NYC:

Main Location: Brooklyn, NY (Brooklyn Heights)

Date: Sunday, 9 August 2009

Mission #1: Notecards

Location: Key Food on the corner of Court and Atlantic

Time: 6:22 p.m.


Affiliated Agent A states: "After I dropped this off I noticed there was a huge movie trailer parked right where we were- they were filming Eat, Pray, Love and someone told me Julia Roberts was right around the corner."

Mission #2: Funny Party Mustache

Location: Village Voice newspaper holder on the corner of (approx.) Court and Clinton

Time: 6:31 p.m.

Mission #3: Large Crystal Ball Filled with Glitter

Location: Outside a dorm where college kids always hang out, on Clarke Street between Hicks and Henry

Time: 6:42 p.m.

Mission #4: Business/Pleasure Notepad

Location: Mailroom of Affiliated Agent A's building--Hicks St. between Clarke and Pineapple

Time: 6:48 p.m.

Affiliated Agent A states: "Left a Business/ Pleasure pad with a note saying 'hope your life is filled with more pleasure than business.' My building is HUGE (27 floors) and lots of great staff and residents go in and out there all day/night."

Secret Agent L thanks Affiliated Agent A for her acts of kindness and for helping to bring some joy during this incredibly difficult time.

Some sad news

Hello, all-

I apologize for not posting for a few days. On Monday night I suffered a significant and sudden loss in my life and have been grieving since that time. It is my hope to be back doing missions in the near future, but will most likely need this week to grieve and take care of myself.

I have received many emails from all of you expressing your interest in becoming Affiliated Agents, and I thank you. I will just need some time to answer them beginning this weekend or next week. I very much apprecite your interest in the Secret Agent L project and look forward to being able to return to work soon.

Thank you,
Secret Agent L

Mission: Perfect Day

Secret Agent L loves Sundays. It's like the perfect day. What a great day to go to church, rest, enjoy the sun, read a good book, spend time just "being" in the world and enjoying it---no errands, no tasks, no work. Today she decided to do all of those things AND include a mission. What fun!

One of her favorite places in Pittsburgh is the Omni William Penn Hotel. It's Pittsburgh's oldest and (in her opinion) fanciest hotel. The lobby alone is enough to take anyone's breath away. Lots of people are in town this weekend. So, Secret Agent L thought the hotel would be a perfect place to leave a little gesture of day-brightening...to let visitors know that we're good people here in the Steel City and that we're glad they decided to come and spend some time with us.

Location: Downtown Pittsburgh. Omni William Penn Hotel. Grant Street lobby entrance.

Date: Sunday, 9 August 2009

Time: 12:23 p.m.

Secret Agent L would also like to give a shout-out to one of her Affiliated Agents who's working in the field today. This Affiliated Agent doesn't have access to a camera presently, but has text messaged her mission stats promptly. Secret Agent L would like to share those stats here:

Location: South Carolina welcome station. Highway 85 South. Women's restroom.

Gesture: $5 Starbucks gift card.

Date: Sunday, 9 August 2009

Time: 12:40 p.m.

Secret Agent L commends her Affiliated Agent for a job well done!

Mission: Power of Love

Secret Agent L participated in her first Night Mission. It was very exciting and, to top it off, easier than her Day Missions (which probably isn't a surprise). She was quite busy doing other things earlier in the day, so she extends her apologies for making you wait so long for the day's mission.

Secret Agent L knows the power of love, and she wanted to share an important message about it with you all today. Also, she's on a bit of a tight budget now, so her random acts of kindness will be taking the form of "inexpensive" and "homemade" for the next week or so. Nonetheless, they still come from the heart.

Location: Oakland. Corner of Bellefield and Fifth Avenues. Bus stop bench.

Date: Saturday, 8 August 2009

Time: 9:43 p.m.

And Secret Agent L would like to give a shout-out to another individual who has opted to start performing her own random acts of kindness out in Washington state. While she is not officially an Affiliated Agent with the Secret Agent L project (don't worry, I'm working on her!), she is still an agent of kindness and deserves to be recognized. Secret Agent T in Washington did somethin' pretty darn nice yesterday for a stranger. Thanks, Secret Agent T!